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    So very mad!!!

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Students

    Unless I was a practicing member of that particular religion, I wouldn't try to advise a patient of exceptions made by the
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    Don't know that 1oz=30cc/mls....and it's the Last Trimester?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to dblpn's topic in General Students

    OP, I just wanted to thank you for your post. It has made me realize how snarky and bitter I sound when I tear down those in my class who may not be doing as well as I am. I realize you are just...
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    Gross me out!

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to WalldancerNIT's topic in General Students

    A patient came into the hospital where I used to work. She was elderly and unable to care for herself. Her family had left her on the couch for so long that when the patient was brought in, the couch...
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    PostOp fall

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to chattychristine's topic in General Nursing

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    Don't like making nurses mad!!

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to majrpn's topic in General Students

    What is it that you're trying to elicit from them by bringing it
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    Unreasonable family members in the nursing home?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to TreehuggerRN's topic in General Nursing

    "A resident's son angrily comes to the nurse and says, "my mother has been needing to go to the bathroom for an hour!" So rather than attempting to help his mother himself, he let her sit there....
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    Is it True About Florida?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to RN <><'s topic in General Nursing

    Well, if they were really trying to implement this, I would hope they would give us more than 2.5 months to get things in order. :icon_roll While some hospitals have eliminated LPN postions, it's not...
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    IM injections

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to allie136's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught to "pinch" for an IM, except in the case of a Z-track injection. which displaces the skin in order to seal the injection so the medication doesn't leak back out or get into surrounding...
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    Am I missing something here?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to Guest219794's topic in Cardiac

    I'm not a cardiac nurse, but I was taught very specific locations for the brown electrode (4th ICS, R or L sternal border or at v6 position). The green electrode was always the ground and could be...
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    Does your school do this?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to malestudentnurse's topic in General Students

    My school is accredited, has been since the 1960's I believe. The last quarter NCLEX pass rate was mid-90's. I'm in a transition program and, so far, everyone who graduated in the last class has...
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    Does your school do this?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to malestudentnurse's topic in General Students

    At my school, we are required to buy this massive box prior to the semester starting, that contains a syllabus, semester schedule, and all the power point slides used during lecture. We have one...
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    Attn current nurses - does nursing assistant or student nurse get best experience?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to hisgeogal's topic in General Nursing

    In both hospitals I have worked in, CNAs and student nurses/nurse interns/ nurse techs, etc. were utilized in exactly the same fashion. The only difference came when enough CNAs were scheduled, the...
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    Sad..lost another!

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to risa426's topic in General Students

    We've lost 8 people since last week! I think it was b/c the deadline to drop with a 'W' was last week. There are several borderline students who are riding it out until the end of the semester
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    36 hours is only part time??

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to NurseDevonL's topic in General Nursing

    Is it 36 hours per week or per pay
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    To work or not to work?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to want to do good 86's topic in General Students

    If you can get hired and think you can handle school+work, I would. It may make it easier to get a job when you graduate, as you would already be employed somewhere (I'm assuming you're talking about...
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    Dosage Calculation Help!

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to schooltake2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is it a 2mL
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    How do you ace tests?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to lalastudent's topic in General Students

    I had an instructor who, for the first test, came around and "removed" the erasers from our pencils. She was that emphatic about us not changing our answers! You could do what a girl in my class does...
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    Do you think this was unfair?

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to SNLou84's topic in General Students

    I'm sorry to hear about your aunt. What does the school's student handbook say about absences/missing/late work? There has to be something about illness, family deaths, etc. The situation is crappy,...
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    Nothing's quite as lovely as cussin'in the morning.

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to ellakate's topic in General Nursing

    "How do we approach the inscrutable young bloods?" I'm at a loss on that one. Your approach is a good one; someone would have to be just out and out rude to blow off a handshake. I can't explain it,...
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    Nothing's quite as lovely as cussin'in the morning.

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to ellakate's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire I'm only about 10 years past teenager-hood, but I find it appalling the way teenagers act. Sure, there were bad seeds when I was a teenager too, but I swear these days, if you look at them...
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    Clinicals

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to Busia's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    No, we weren't required to be CNAs prior to the program, but most of us were, so it was an easy block. If your final semester is all clinicals, it makes sense now as to why there are only 4 days in...
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    Clinicals

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to Busia's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    That's interesting. Our first "block" (it was 2 semesters, broken up into quarters) was spent at the nursing home 3 days/week doing basic patient care. The other three "blocks" were spent in the...
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    Clinicals

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to Busia's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Wow what semester are you in? I had clinicals 3 days/week for the entire year of my LPN
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    How would you handle this info?????? Please advise!

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to sasha2lady's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    "A nurse has recently come back to work after her husband committed suicide a few months ago." If my husband committed suicide as recently as a few months ago, I wouldn't care about narc counts or IV...
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    Terrible Incident

    Boog'sCRRN246 replied to josebeltran88's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Standing in the parking lot talking?? Lord, that gives the school a wonderful image! Why did they even bother having clinicals if they didn't allow your class to do